A psychometric analysis of chess expertise

American Journal of Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-60

  Van Der Maas, Han L J ^a   Wagenmakers, Eric Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; INTUITION; MALE; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; RECREATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTUITION; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 19944400476     PISSN: 00029556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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